Honestly, it is more like 3.75 stars than 3.5. I have been debating with myself for a long time, considering that I found 3.5 stars too little, but 4 stars a bit too much credit. In the end decided on 3.5 ONLY because the things I did not like made up such a big part of … Continue reading Strange the Dreamer | Laini Taylor | 3.5 stars

Hi everyone! I'm about to go off the internet grid again, so I really wanted to throw in another little book tag for you to tie everyone over (it's a long story, but it's the reason behind my sporadic posting these days - I no longer have a working internet connection at home). I found this … Continue reading The Totally Should’ve Book Tag

The Checquy is turning over a new leaf, negotiating peace and cooperation with their sworn Belgian enemies, and that means a new installment in Daniel O'Malley's The Checquy Files. This second book unfortunately has less of a focus on Myfanwy Thomas, which for me - honestly - is the only reason it's half a point less … Continue reading Stiletto | Daniel O’Malley | 4.5 stars

I must have spammed all of social media by now with my love for The Rook by Daniel O'Malley. I'm not usually inclined to pick up urban fantasy, but I have recently read The Raven Cycle by Maggie Stiefvater and absolutely loved it. It made me realise I need to be more open minded about these things. I was in … Continue reading The Rook | Daniel O’Malley | 5 stars

It's time to talk about Carve the Mark. I've debated with myself whether or not I should, because of all the controversy surrounding the book. Sometimes it feels like a better idea not to get involved, but then I realised that the only thing holding me back from speaking my mind, was fear. And we … Continue reading Carve The Mark | Veronica Roth | 4 stars

I wanted to do a quick tag again now that I have an internet connection. "And then you choose a 50-questions tag?!" - why, yes, because these are all questions I can fairly quickly get through! I found it on Bookbomb's blog. If you want to do this tag yourself, consider yourself tagged by me. … Continue reading The 50 Bookish Questions Tag

I will start off by saying I never read anything by Neal Shusterman before, and I was pleasantly surprised at the power of some of his sentences. He can pull out a oneliner on morality, aging or art, and while it would be cheesy in anyone else's hands, he makes it profound and beautiful. They were … Continue reading Scythe | Neal Shusterman | 3 stars

Omg! I just found out that one of my favourite Dutch publishers (Blossom Books) created their own book tag, so I HAVE to do this one, even though I just posted one. The questions are in Dutch, but don't be alarmed, I put the English translations underneath each question and my answers will be in English to. … Continue reading The Blossom Books Book Tag

Hi everyone, I'm afraid my book haul for January is not going to be a big one. December cost me so much money that I am on a book buying ban. As you can tell by this post, I didn't quite succeed, as I never can. But since I bought these books at Bookdepository or … Continue reading Book Haul – January 2017

I found this on Books with Bite, and the tag itself was created by Chapter Chicks. I really like switching up my book tags, I'll do one that is all about choosing the books, and then I'll do one in which I get to answer questions about myself, my reading habits and book loves. This tag is mostly the latter, so … Continue reading The Ultimate Book Tag

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I am Dutch, 31 and the assistent manager to a gorgeous-looking bookstore. I read (a lot), write and blog about YA, fantasy and scifi.
I have a BA in Literary Sciences and working on my MA, hopefully going for a PhD.
I'm fairly sure my book addiction is slowly taking over my life. I'm so focused on my reading, writing, bookstagram, blog and tea-drinking habits that I'm being a CLASSIC bookaholic.

Birthday!March 18th, 2017

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